Twelfth Night
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All Themes Desire and Love Melancholy Madness Deception, Disguise, and Performance Gender and Sexual Identity Class, Masters, and Servants
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All Characters Viola (Cesario) Orsino Olivia Sebastian Malvolio Captain
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Twelfth Night

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